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Crawford avalanche., 1887-06-23
About the Size or Boston.

A laughable story is told at the ex-
pense of Boston gentleman who came
with O party of excursionists to the
coast. When the Postonian had been
duly busted and all traces of travel
carefully removed from his immacu-
late broadcloth and shining beaver, he
turned to the affable porter with be-
nign smile and voucbsafed: "Well, l
suppose you want something for your
trouble;" and drawing out his portly
wallet he took therefrom two bright
new pennies, and. with the air of a
man who was doing rather more than
was expected of him or tho occasion
demanded, presented them to the por-
ter. A look of puzzled astonishment
overspread the features of the African,
as nothing smaller than the five-cent
nickel circulates here; but as soon as
he regained speech he passed them
back with the remark: "We has nc
use for them here, sah" "Oh," re-
piled the frugal New-Englander, "keeI
them, keep them; you may go Eas'
some time. San Francisco o letter.
Crawford avalanche., 1887-06-23
Absorption or Water.

The statement that all the water in q
plant or tree is due to absorption by
the roots, while nearly true, is not
strictly so. Duchartre concluded from
some well-devised experiments that the
leaves are incapable of imbibing water
or its vapor, and for twenty years
Psychologists accepted and taught this
doctrine. But few years ago his ex-
periments were repeated in England,
and it was found that he had been led
into error, and that leaves can and do
continually absorb vapor when there is
more of IL without than within them,
as every one sees who observes the re-
freshing influence of shower, or oi
humid after dry air.-Vic&s Magazine.
Crawford avalanche., 1887-06-23
THE WORLD IN A WORD.
The Latest Intelligence, Domestic and
Foreign, Transmitted Over the
Electric Wires.
Political, Railroad, and Commercial News
Accidents, Fires, Grimes,
Etc, Etc.
THE VERY LATEST BY TELEGRAPH.
THE VERY LATEST BY TELEGRAPH.
LAKE DISASTER.

Tho Steamer ChRmplain Burned Near
CharIevoix, Mich.-A Score of Lives
Lost.
The steamer Champlain, bound for Cheboy-
gan from Chicago, was burned on Friday
morning between Norwood and Charlevoix,
at the mouth Of Grand Traverse Bay. The
flames suddenly shotup from beneath the en-
gine, driving the engineer from his post with
his clothes on fire. He plunged into tank
and then returned to the engine-room, but
was too late to stop his engine or
connect his hose. The sleeping passen-
gers were aroused, and when life
preservers had been fastened on
all Of them they gathered on the forward
lowered, but the steamer was running so fast
that they got away, and in ten minutes from
the time the boat caught fro its passengers
were all compelled TO jump into the lake
There were fifty-seven persons on board, in
cluding the crew. The lost are as follows:
Ella Cooper Smith, of Charlevoix; Robert
Wilkes, of Charlevoix; George Wrisley, Of
Charlevoix; Mrs NJ Kehoe, of Chicago;
R M McKeol; Captain Lucas, OF Petoskey;
Henry Brennan, the clerk, Of Chicago;
c. IL Russell, Of the jackson Corset Compa-
ny. Besides the above two children of Stew
ard Bean, Of Chicago, aged and 8; tho fire.
man, second cook and cabin boy, all of
Chicago; man and a boy from Milwaukee,
bound for Mackinac; one waiter and four In
dian deck hands, and a woman and daughter
from Frankfort, whose names are unknown,
are among the lost Those saved foated an
hour and half, when they were rescued by a
yawl and fish-boats from the shore. The
following are among the saved; Capt Casey,
First Mate Harry Bishop of Pulaski, N. y.
Second Mate Joseph Thorpe, Wheelsmen s
Bishop and James Barr, Waterman James
Markey, Engineer John McAffrey of Manis-
tee, badly burned; Engineer Warne, 7. Ka-
ton, first cook; Roy Hazleton, waiter; Miss
sE~a-OO 1n-i--e-, AT-~-I.SalIs nf pAtaskAu-
Mrs. II. Bedford Of Charlevoix, George Mil
Ter of Charlevoix, Mary Wakefield of Charlie
voix, William Stevens Of Charlevoix, Henry
Wilks of Charlevoix, Fred Wrisley Of Charlie
voix, w. b. Albright of Chicago, Steward Mar
tin Bean and wife, Mrs. Kane, the stewardess
Antoine Shaw OF Charlevoix and one white
deck hand; Il Whitemore, of Milwaukee
Miss Wilson, of Petoskey; E Fall, of Beai
Lake. Seven others are not accounted for
The hull was towed into Charlevoix on Friday
1t was supposed that the fire was set by
the explosion of lamp in the oil-room- The
bodies of Mrs. Smith, Capt Lucas, McKeel
Brennan, and three others have been re-
covered, and tugs are searching for moro
The shoe and foot of victim have been re-
covered from the hull
Crawford avalanche., 1887-06-23
rhourh shaLsn L,he /. Leaf

BY tho most trivial causes. weak nerves are
easily susceptible OF invigoration, term which
also imports, in this instance, quietude. The
nervous have but TO use Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters systematically to overcome that super
sensitivenoss OF the human scnsorium, which
is subversive OF oil bodily comfort and montal
tranquility and which reacts most hurtfuliy
upon the system. Tho dlfiiculty underlying
this. as well as many other ailments, is imper-
fect assimilation. no less than incomplete di-
gestion Of the food. In the discharge of both
the digestive and assimilative functions, the
Bitters are the most potent, the most reliable
auxiliary As the body regains vigor and regu-
larity by its aid, the brain and nervous system
"snss ,s q, sn ,osfssia suRdSct u tS shs iP
invnlids and persons whose kidneys are inao-
tive, should, also use the Bitters.
Crawford avalanche., 1887-06-23
THE SOUTHERN STATES.

AN assignment was made at New Orleans by
Albert Cammack, Of the firm Of Renshaw,
Can,mack 4 Co. He owes s67, 900, and has
but $562 in assets.
A DESPERATE known as @Dago Joe" was
taken from the officers and lynched by mob
near Austin, Mississippi
AT South Pittsburg, mining hamlet four
miles from Chattanooga, Tenn, horrible ac-
cident occurred Monday afternoon While =
chamber in the mine was crowded with work
men box Of dynamite IN some mysterious
manner was exploded, and five men were
blown TO atoms, while ten or twelve others
were terribly injured.
Crawford avalanche., 1887-06-23
THE POLITICAL FIELD.

TENNESSEE will vote on prohibition amend
ment 70 the State constitution in september.
The campaign has already opened, and prom
ises 10 be closely contested
The President has appointed Vincent La
mantle, of Louisiana to be United States Con-
sui at Catania, Italy. Also those Postmasters;
virden, Ill, Walter Kirkpatrick; Rushville,
Ind, Thomas M. Ochiltree; Mount Giload,
Ohio, James s Cooper; Green Bay Wis, Al
bert c. Robinson
WILLIAM Il CHANDLER was on Tuesday
elected by the New Hampshire Legislature
TO I'LL the unexpirod term OF the late United
States Senator Pike
Crawford avalanche., 1887-06-23
A Wonderful Freak OF Nature

Is sometimes exhibited in our public exfibi-
tons. Whoa wo gaZo upon some OF the pecu-
lar freaks Dame Nature occasionally indulges
in, our minds revert back TO the creation Of
man, @who is 30 fearfully and wonderfully
unravelcd by DR.. r. V. Pierce, of Buffalo, and
through his knowledge OF tboes mysteries he
has been able 10 prepare his @Golden Medical
Discovery which is q specific for all blood
tainta poisons, and humors, such as scrofula,
pimples, blotches, eruptions, swellingr, tu-
mors ulcers, and kindred affections. by drug
oiata
Crawford avalanche., 1887-06-23
mox,e and Neryou, Women.

It's effect is said to bc quits remarkable
though the Moxie plant, which Is all Of IL that
can produce the result, is as tasteiess and harm
less as grass Tho nervous weakly women
flock after it like mad, and it is said by them
to stop nervousness at once, and give them
double powers OF endurance, whilo it neither
act, like nor leaves q reaction like astimulant,
nor loses its effect like medicine II is said
to remove nervous and other complaints by
making the nerves strong enough 10 control
the functions OF tho body properly whom the
cause Of ill-health disappears, while medicine
forces the functions Of the body, leaving tho
nerves weak from being compelled TO over
task. We hope our druggists will keep full
stocka
Crawford avalanche., 1887-06-23

A ADEvIcE for protecting factory op-
eratives from accident by being caught
by swiftly running wheels has been in
vented by Robert +. Fenny, Of New
Haven. Il consists in widening the
shaft between pulleys with strings,
spirally and rather loose, and then in
closing the shaft in zinc or tin or
other metal cylinder. The strings
simply prevent any noise from contact
of the shaft with the metallic cylin-
drical jacket. Should woman get
caught by the hair IL would begin TO
wind up on the jacket, which would in
stantly stop It's notion. leaving the
shaft inside 10 revolve, but without
doing harm 10 whoever might be
caught.
Crawford avalanche., 1887-06-23

MENsMAN's Pcptonized Beef Tonic, tho only
preparation Of beef containing its entire nW-
i,'it,ous properties IL contains blood-making,
e-generating, and life sustaining proper
ties: invaluable for indigestion, dyspepsia,
nervous prostraton, and all forms OF general
debility; also in all enfeebled conditions,
whether the work Of exhaustion, nervous pros
tration, overwork, or acute disease. particu-
Hazard, Hazard Il Co, proprietors, New York
Sold by druggists.
Crawford avalanche., 1887-06-23
Survey OF the Markets.

In their weekly trade review, r. G. Dun &
Co. congratulate the commercial public that
two of the great speculatons by which Bgiti-
mate business has been embarrassed for
months have come to an end without dis
aster to other parties save those who invited
disaster This refers, of course, to the Chi
cago wheat corner and the New York coffee
deal The cotton prospects are more favor
able than for seven years past The iron
market is depressed by the breaking Of the
coke combination Railroad earnings continue
large. Imports are increasing and exports
falling off, Trade generally is in satisfac-
tory condition, although stringency in the
money market is reported from some impor-
tant financial centers. The business failures
of the United States numbered 2l3, as com
pared with 155 during the corresponding
week Of last year, the increase being due to
the grain-gamblers' panic
Crawford avalanche., 1887-06-23
aUntoId Agony from Catarrh."

Prof w. HAUsNER, the famous mcsmcrist-
of ithaca, N Y, writes: "Somc ten years 0g0
catarrh. My family physician gave me up as
inctIrable, and said / must die. My case was
such a bad one, that every day, towards sum
set, my voice would become 30 hoarso could
barely speak above whisper. In the morning
my coughing and clearing OF my throat would
nlmos. stranglc me. by the use OF Dr. sage g
Catarrh Kennedy, I'm three months, wns well
man, and the cure has been permanent"
"COnstantly Hawking and Splitting"
THOMAS J. NusHINu, ESQ, s0os Pine street,
81 Louis, No. writcs " 1 was great sufferer
from cntarrh for three years At times could
hardly breathe, and was constantly hawking
and splitting, and for the last eight months
could not breathe through the noetrils. i
thought nothing could be done for me. Luck
ily, [ was advised to try DIR. Sagc'S Catarrh
RcTncdy, and am now a well man. i believe
it to be the only sure remedy for catnrrh now
manufactured, and ono has only 10 give II
fair trial 10 experience astounding results and
a permanent cure"
Crawford avalanche., 1887-06-23
Commercial Matters.

CATTLE receipts at the Chicago Stock Yards
during the past week we're the largest on rec
ord Prices are at tho lowest figures reached
since 1879, and stockmen are greatly discour-
aged The best swine sell in the city at S. l7IS,
against a. 3216 year ago. Latest general
,,oarkat 0uolatinna fOlInw.
Crawford avalanche., 1887-06-23
BREAKING THE RECORD.
Twenty-four Fires I'm One Day.

Twenty-four Fires I'm One Day.
CHICAGO had four big fires on Friday and
twenty minor ones. Two were in the lumber
yards, one in foundry, and the fourth
large one in the air. The blaze in the at
mosphere probably did more damage than
the other three, and it gave the fremen
nearly as much trouble. Simply standing
in the sun was enough to make mans face
look like piece Of boiled ham, but with o
mixture of sweat and dust on his features he
wore the air of a ruined pic. The hottest day
of the year was the hottest in this years cal
endar of the Fire Department Alarms were
sent in from twenty-four boxes, and included
three second alarms, three third alarms, and
special call for ten engines. Thirty-three
engines and the two fire-boats were called out,
nearly the entire force Of the department
Crawford avalanche., 1887-06-23

II seems strange that Il is necessary 10 per-
suAde men that you can cure their diseases BY
offering . premium 10 tho man who fails 70
receive benefit And yet Dr. Sage undoubted-
" cured thousands Of cases Of obstinate
cstarrh with his ACatArrh Remedy, who would
never have applied 20 him n IL had not been
for his ofior Of The above sum for an incurable
case Who is the next bidder for cure or cashY
Crawford avalanche., 1887-06-23
Three Bottles euro Cata-rh.

ELI RoBBISs. Runydn p. o., Columbia Co.,
Pa, says: "My daughter had catarrh when
Sagc's Catarrh Remedy advertised, and pro-
cured a bottle for her, and soon saw that 1t
helped her third bottle effected perma-
nent cure. She is now eighteen years old ana
sound and hearty"
Crawford avalanche., 1887-06-23
A Bonanza Mine .

OF health ls 10 be found In DIR. II " Pierce'a
@Favorte Prescription, TO the merits Of which,
a. a remedy for female weakness and kindred
affections, thousands testify.
Crawford avalanche., 1887-06-23

THE green grocer In London IL one who
sells vegetables. In this country he is one
who trusts.
Crawford avalanche., 1887-06-23

ALL associations of baseball players
use Sc. Jacobs Oil for sprains, bruises,
pains, and aches. Indeed oil athletic clubs
and individual members use II for the same.
Crawford avalanche., 1887-06-23
Throw tho Powder Overheard,

We're thrilling words, spoken at time of great
danger. The lives of all ON the vessel de-
pended upon prompt action. Your life may be
blessed and prolonged by the prompt use Of
DR. Harter's Iron Tonic for that blood trouble
Crawford avalanche., 1887-06-23

Mr.. JOHN Rolf, champion bicyclist OF
the world, living at Sydney, Australia,
says: after riding 1000 miles against time
st. Jacobs Oil removed all fatigue and
Mains %
Crawford avalanche., 1887-06-23
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

An Associated Prees telegram from Wash
ington says; "Tho battlo Of the standsrds j.
Crawford avalanche., 1887-06-23

LYoN's Patent Metallic Stineners prevent
boots and shoes from running over, ripping in
tho seams or wearing uneven1y on the heels.
Crawford avalanche., 1887-06-23

IF you want 10 buy thermometer, we
advise you 10 wait until next winter. They
will be lower then.
Crawford avalanche., 1887-06-23

RELIEF is immediate, and a cure sure
Piso's Remedy for Catarrh. 30 cents.
Crawford avalanche., 1887-06-23

For a woman to say she does not use
Proctor & CANDLES Lenox Soap, is to
admit she is behind the times"
Nobody uses ordinary soap now they
can get "Lenox."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-01-06
A Tramp's Last Resort.

When the tramp SO far forgets him
self as to go to work writes a New York
correspondent to the San Francisco
Post, he loses his time honered cogno-
men and sinks to the level of common
junkman. An Italian padrone lends him
a cart hung with seventeen kinds of bells
and sends him out to skirmish for old
hoopskirts. rags, bones and iron. He
seems to know instinctively where ner
vous and sick people are. and up and
down these streets he parades with his
horrible jangle of bells. There is meth
cd in his meanness. however, for he
knows that a sick man will pay attention
to his bells, where TIE horrible noise
would be thrown away on well person.
Few junkmer are murdered but / do not
mean to say that they should not be. The
number and loudness of tone of the bells
is regulated by law. Formerly the rival
ry between carts was so great that hun
dred pound bells were hauled through
the streets, drowning every other sound
with their wild clamer. Now two pound
COW bells are all that are allowed, and
even these are not to be rung before s
o'clock in the morning and after sun
down.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-01-06
Raising Grade Stock.
Farmer and Stockmap.

Farmers everywhere are fully alive to
the advantage OF superior stock. The
improvement witRin the last twenty
years in this country is far beyond ali
that has passed before, since the discoy-
cry of America. The breeders and i'm
porters of pure bred stock have done
more for the natural pros perity of the
Countrywide making, many of them.
large money for themselves-than any
other class connected with agriculture.
and, as a rule, are respected by the com
munity at large.
On the other hand, many farmers who
want to improve their stock Of horses,
are apt to imagine that grade stallion is
as good for him as a purely bred one
Nothing could be more fallacious. Let
Us look aU the matter for moment. A
full bred sire upon common stock gets
one quarter blood, only half AS good. The
pure bred sire will cost no more to keep
than the half blood sire. IL may cost
doable as first investment. Suppose
the half blood cost $500 and the full
blood $500.
The interest on this sum Is only S36 a
year. The difference in value of each
colt when it stands up, is FAR more than
this sum, and the service value to each
mare shhuld not be less than SO more
for the full bred than for the half bred
sire. These are low figures. The service
TO fifty mares Is $500 yearly, in advance
of what it would be for the service of the
half bred sire.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-01-06
He Had His Room to Himself.

A Frenchman had been assigned to
very comfortable room, and was about to
dlsrobe when there came knock at the
door. Upon opening it the announce
ment was made that owing to an unusual
arrival of guests, ETC., the proprietor
would be obliged to put another gentle
man into the room; and a eockney Eng
lishman appeared. The Frenchman was
Disguised, of course, and at once set his
wits to work to devise means to GUST the
intruder upon his comfort. Pretty soon
the Englishman touched the call button,
and when the summons was answered
said:
'Portah. bring me pair of large,
clean towels"
The door was hardly closed when the
Frenchman touched the button, and upon
the boys appearance said:
"Garcon, bring me two pair large, clean
towel"
The other frowned, performed his alb
lutions, followed by the Frenchman, when
he again touched the button.
"Portah, send me up bottle of Bass
ale."
The Frenchman followed suit at once,
demanding "two bottel Bass ale." The
Englishman was now annoyed, but he
held his peace, and littlel later made an
other call upon the porter, which was i'm
mediately double duplicated by the
Frenchman. Then he began to loose his
temper; and after fourth demand and
Ito him) another insult from the French
man, he struck the button so violently
that the porter appeared again in hot
haste.
Boy" he said, angrily, ego to the pro-
prietor at once and tell him | must have
bed in a room by myself where I can
rest in peace"
The boy had hardly reached the stairs
when the Frenchman called him back
and gesticulating wildly made known his
wants as follows:
'Gorconi garcon! vii you tell re pro-
prietaite to come here yer quick? By
gar, moost haV two bed in two room yer
can rest myself in two pieces"
That settled the Englishmen, and his
tormentor had the room to himself with
out futher trouble.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-01-06
Lincoln,s Reverence for Women

In the January Century Nicolas Hay
Introduce as follows the account of Lin
coins love affairs: upon a tempera-
ment thus predisposed to look at things
in their darker aspect, it might naturally
be expected that a love affair which was
not perfectly happy would be productive
of great misery. But Lincoln seemed
especially chosen to the keenest suffering
in such conjuncture. The pioneer, as
rule, was comparatively free from any
trouble of the imagination. To quote Mr..
Mcconnell again: There was no romance
in his the pioneers composition. He
had no dreaminess; meditation was no
part of his mental habit; poetical fancy
would, in him, have been an indication of
insanity. If he reclined at the foot of
tree, on still summer day, it was to sleep;
if he gazed out over the waving prairie, it
was to search for the column OF smoke
which told of his enemies, approach; if
he turned his eyes toward the blue heaven,
1t was to prognosticate Tomorrow rain
or sunshine. If he bent his gaze towards
the green earth it was to look for ''Indian
sign" or buffalo trail. His wife was only
helpmate: he never thought of making
a divinity of her. But Lincoln could
never have claimed this happy immunity
from ideal trials. His public speeches
show how much the poet in him was con-
stantly kept tn check; and at this time of
his life his imagination was sufficiently
alert to infiict upon him the sharpest an
g1ish. His reverence for women was SO
deep and tender that he thought an in
jury to one of them was a sin too heinous
to be expiated. No Hamlet, dreaming
amid the turrets of Elsinore, no Sidney
creating chivalrous Arcadia, was fuller
of mystic and shadowy fancies of the
worth and dignity of woman than this
backwoods politician. Few men ever
lived more sensitively and delicately ten
der towards the SEX
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-01-06
Selection of Seeds.
PrSctical Farmer.

The failure of seees to terminate is a
source of great deal of irritation when
ever it occurs, and it sometimes involves
serious loss 10 the farmer. Replanting
can be resorted to in case of failure, but
it requires time and labor, both of which
are particularly valuable in the spring.
Besides it almost invariably fails to fully
remedy the difficulty which it was de-
signed to meet. In the case of onions
failure of the seed is equivalent to
heavy loss, for late sowing will not give
a full crop. To quite an extent the
same is true of oats, and in a less, though
very perceptable degree, it applies TO
other farm and garden crops.
In order to avoid the vexation and
loss lnseperable to such failure it is
well to test sample of each kind of
seed that Is to be sown, for the appear
ance of seeds is not correct Indication
of their value. They may look as though
they were perfectly sound, yet, BY age or
exposure to heat or moisture, they NAV
have lost their vitality. Many seeds are
injured by some mistake in drying or by
being stored in an improper place.
Therefore it is always best to try a sampl
before the seeds are sown.
The seeds can be tested in a cold frame
IN a box of well prepared earth placed
in some sunny position, or even in some
house, if they are needed before they
can be tried by other methods. This
plan seems preferable to testing IN damp
because it comes nearer the conditions
which will prevail in the soil. By plant
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-01-06

But many persons err in supposing
that they can soon breed from their
half bred sire. Nothing could be more
fallacious. aThe full bred sire breeds
half blood in the first generation on the
common mare. Bred to the produce the
second generation gives three-quarters,
the third seyen-e ighths, the fourth if
teen sixteenths. The half bred sire to
common mare gets a quarter blood, the
next cross one-half on one fourth equals
three-cighths, the third cross one-half of
three-eighths equals seven sixteenths,
the fourth cross one-half on seven-six-
teenths is ffteen-thirty seconds, or less
than one half blood. That is to say he
has bred for four generations twelve
years. and has not as good stock as he
started with in his sire. The man who
land the rule will work approximately in
all steck) buys grades with aView of
breeding up, is going away from home.
In other WORDS he is losing money.